Terri-Karelle Reid is a woman of many talents, but she didn’t get here overnight. She notes that becoming who she is today took some self-discovery. “Not getting into veterinary medicine made me tap into other skills that I didn’t know I had, and in that whole period of navigating this uncertain person, I was able …
What happens when your dreams don’t go according to plan? You compromise. At least that’s what the young and hopeful Rick-Ashley Foster did when she set out to attend dental school at the University of Technology back in 2017. Her dream was finally coming to fruition, but her choice to pursue a Doctor of Medicine …
NEW YORK (AP): For the first time, two dictionary companies on Monday — Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com — declared the same word as their 2020 word of the year: pandemic. A third couldn’t settle on just one so issued a 16-page report instead along the same lines, noting that a world of once-specialised terms entered the …
The natural response when someone has made a false statement (whether verbally or in writing) about your character is to demand that the person who made the statement take the necessary steps to right that wrong or compensate you for harm that was done to you. This, in a nutshell, is what action for defamation …
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“To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.” Confucius I always thought that I was bad when it came to holding a grudge, but apparently, I am not in the same league as British tabloids. Last Wednesday, one of football’s greatest, Diego Maradona, passed away at the age of 60. The newspaper …
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Love has this remarkable way of finding you when you least expect it, and at the unlikeliest of places. For Charlon McCarthy and Chrison Francis, that seed of intrigue was planted when they first met while working at the same company. Months after their introduction and encounters, Charlon received the sad news that Chrison was …
Giovanni Dennis celebrates the remarkable win of recently becoming a Midday News anchor for Television Jamaica (TVJ). This achievement was no easy feat, but through hard work and dedication. Dennis’ pure love for investigating, and sparking a conversation to generate change and force action is paying off. His success story, however, covers so much more …
LONDON (AP): Scottish lawmakers have unanimously passed legislation that will make period products freely available to anyone who needs them, which according to campaigners makes it the first country to do so. Lawmakers in the Scottish Parliament unanimously approved a bill late Tuesday that will require local authorities to provide free access to items such …
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One of her proudest accomplishments to date — that is how Davina Bennett describes Middle Street in Mitchell Town, Clarendon, being renamed in her honour. Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie made this announcement in 2017 — to the delight of others in the community and the country — after the 2017 …
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Christina Gonzalez now holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physiotherapy from The University of the West Indies (UWI). The dancer and choreographer – who is known for leaving it all on the stage with her electrifying performances – is now crossing a new stage of her life as a college graduate. She is thrilled, …
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